First demonstration of laser emission from an Yb:YAG single crystal fiber grown by the micro-pulling down technique

Author

Sangla, Damien ; Aubry, Nicolas ; Didierjean, Julien ; Perrodin, Didier ; Balembois, Francois ; Lebbou, Kherreddine ; Brenier, Alain ; Georges, Patrick ; Fourmigue, Jean Marie ; Tillement, Olivier

Author_Institution

Lab. Charles Fabry de l´´Inst. d´´Opt., Univ. Paris Sud, Palaiseau

fYear

2008

fDate

4-9 May 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We present the first laser demonstration obtained from an Yb:YAG single-crystal fiber directly grown by the micro-pulling-down technique, with 2.2-W of average output power at 1031-nm for 50-W of incident pump power at 940-nm.

Keywords

crystal growth; fibre lasers; laser beams; optical fibre fabrication; optical materials; optical pumping; ytterbium; YAG:Yb; laser emission; laser power; micropulling down technique; power 2.2 W; power 50 W; pump power; single crystal fiber growth; wavelength 1031 nm; wavelength 940 nm; Crystalline materials; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Optical materials; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Stimulated emission; Thermal management; (140.3380) Lasers materials; (140.3480) Lasers, diode-pumped; (140.3510) Lasers, fiber; (140.3580) Lasers, solid-state; (140.3615) Lasers, ytterbium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Jose, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-859-9

Type

conf

Filename

4571653